Midea MRF18B4 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Midea MRF18B4
The Midea MRF18B4 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 465 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $87 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea MRF18B4 against the category
That's 20.5% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,328 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $15/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MRF18B4A ($87/yr, 465 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MRF18B4. Midea MDRF699FGF04PRR ($87/yr, 465 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 162 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 116 of 162 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MRW14B2ABB at $23/yr, and its priciest, the MRF29D9B at $147/yr.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $87/year, the Midea MRF18B4 adds up to about $1,136 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
At $87/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Midea MRF18B4 or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Midea MRF18B4 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.